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mix. I said this is the way to get around this Low Density thing that we battled all along. Because every six months or so there was a new person coming in for a zoning change and everybody had to get together and go come before you and try to block this zoning change. And so when we changed the General Plan it initially stopped the whole smear, all these zoning changes required. And now with this mix thing its going to be big time from now on. Its going to be a big time, the zoning request in the Waiakea Houselots area; and down goes this little thing. I thought it was funny when I was studying this thing. This thing came out in the Tribune Herald. It says all the things that are endangered in Hawaii, all the plants and animals and whatever; and one of them was affordable housing. Affordable housing is in danger. Everybody recognizes that but nobody is doing a darn thing about it in trying to prevent it from happening; and this zoning mix thing is not going to help affordable housing. Waiakea Houselots now is already falling apart because of this. And all the older homes are gone because they want to put commercial buildings. One is going to turn into another office building some place upatthecorner.NextisgoingtobeKukuauandalltheotherareaswheretheyare supporting lower income people, people with not enough money to pay the high rents. Anway, if I sound like Im this haole from nowhere who doesnt know what hes talking about, I apologize for that because I am very emotional about where I live and the threat thats coming to our neighborhood. And it has been a long threat from years back with the other General Plan, and now it comes up. I went to the latest General Plan meeting with the Council and I stated my objections to this very issue; but nobody paid attention to me. They went ahead and did it anyway. So Im absolutely opposed to the project. I think Mr. Delozier is a nice gentleman and is entitled to whatever he can get out of whatever he can get from you. However, it affects me so negatively that my 72 years in Waiakea Houselots is at stake. And my piece of mind and what years I got left on this earth is not going to be as peaceful as I think it is because Im going to have to keep fighting this battle over, and over, and over again. So Ill see you next round. Thank you very much. GALDONES:Thank you, Mr. Loeffler. Commissioners? Commissioner Siracusa. SIRACUSA:Thank you. You know, every two weeks when the vital statistics get printed in the Tribune Herald, I count up the number of births and I write it down and keep a tally. I think Ive mentioned this before; and theres on the average of, you know, 30 new births every two weeks on this island. And even without the influx of people coming in from outside we are going through some major population increase. And that alone is going to generate a lot of traffic on Manono Street and every other street and highway on this island, even without this project. As a matter of fact, I think we can count on a lot more traffic coming from that source than from this project. So I just wanted to point out that, you know, traffic concerns are, yes, its a big problem; but we cant go out and give everybody prophylactics either, you know, as a cure-all of population and traffic jams. And I understand your feelings very strongly. Ive seen now a whole influx of development in my neighborhood that doesnt make me terribly happy; but we cant always get what we want and we cant keep other people from wanting to do 25EXHIBIT A